The Great Southern Reef is in more trouble than the Great Barrier Reef

  • Written by: Graham Edgar, Senior Marine Ecologist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
The Great Southern Reef is in more trouble than the Great Barrier ReefGraham Edgar/Reef Life Survey, Author provided

Marine heatwaves are damaging reef ecosystems around Australia, but while the tropical north has received the lion’s share of the attention to date, we equally need to worry about the temperate south.

That’s partly because the Great Southern Reef is of immense biodiversity value. Species...

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